Jason Stonehouse

Another guy that I follow on Twitter is a pastor named Mac Lake — he typically has some interesting nuggets on leadership – here are a few that made me think or I resonated with…

So, I sat at home last night watching my NJ Nets battle the Minnesota Timberwolves. I was excited to see the start of the NBA season and watching my team play. This was the first time opening night was against Minnesota, so it was a weird start. Both teams are young with lots of potential and hope, but horrible reviews and predictions for this year. My Nets did really well for 3 full quarters (even leading by 19 points in the 3rd!). All was good until the fourth quarter collapse and a last second loss due to a heaved bank shot at the buzzer. It was demoralizing and well, frustrating to watch. I do like Minnesota, but I’ve been a NJ fan for years now and I’m not about to stop no matter how bad the critics make them out to be.

Here’s the second of two clips from Sunday’s message entitled, Be Real. This segment discusses the need for us as a church to be a safe place and for us as individuals to be honest and real and call sin, sin (and use the words God uses). Hope this serves as a good review (it’s 3 different parts of the sermon spliced together). For the full sermon click on the media section from the main website and download or listen live to the audio.